Means for piling disks.



H. D. HODGE.

MEANS FOR FILING DISKS. 7

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1909.

944,364. Patented Dec.28, 1909.

ITED STATES PATN FFIc.

HOWARD DOUGLAS HODGE, 0F WALTHAM ABBEY, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOB TO NOBELS EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LIMITED, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.'

MEANS FOR PIL'ING nrsxs.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD DOUGLAS Honor), works manager, of Waltham Factory, Nobels Explosives Co., Ltd., a citizen of the United States, residing at Joyce House, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, have invented new and useful Improved Means for Pilin Disks, of which the following is .a speci cation.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for arranging 'disks of any kind in iles.

The dlsks to be arranged are placed in a hopper, which may be called the feed-hopper and is carried on a support having a certain amount of spring or give in it. From this hopper they fall onto,. ,the edge of a second hopper which is .in the shapeof an inverted cone from the. apex of which a tube passes vertically downward. The angle of the cone should be solarge that the disks slide on their flat surfaces slowly down the cone toward the mouth of thetube which is of such diameter as just to take the disks.

Surroundin the top of the tube is a sleeve' the upper e ge of which in its lowest position 1s just below the to of the tube but the sleeve is capable of being moved rapidly and intermittently up and down so as to knock away from the mouth of the tube the disks which are crowding around it. The

disks thus enter the tube with their axes vertical and form a pile in the tube from the bottom of which they may be removed as desired either singly or a number at a time. i

The accompanying drawing is a sectional elevation of a machine made in accordance with this invention.

a is the frame of the machine secured to which by a spring support I) is the feed hopper c. The slight movement of this hopper due to the vibration of the machine 1s sufiicient to prevent the disks jamming in the mouth thereof from which month they fall onto the edge of the hopper d in the Serial No. 471,444.

is a sleeve f carried by a lever g pivoted to the frame at it. An irregularly shaped cam 2' having upon it steep inclines acts upon a roller 7' carried by a rod is connected to the lever. An irregular up and down movement is thus given to the sleeve f by the rotation of the cam. The roller can be held down against the cam by a spring Z and an adjustable stop mmay limit the movement of the sleeve.

The tube may have in it a vertical slit n through which any disk which may happen to have got into the tube on edge may fall out or be withdrawn and a tray 0 may be arranged upon the tube to catch such disks.

Vhat I claim is 1. In a machine for piling disks, the combination of a hop er the bottom ofawhich gradually slo es rom its apex to its periphery, a tu e extending downward from the apex of the hgpper through which the disks are delivere and a receptacle arranged above the hopper which delivers the disks onto the edge thereof.

2. In a machine for piling disks, the combination of a conical ho per the bottom of which slopes gradually 0m itsapex to its periphery, a tube extendin downward from the apex'of the hopper, a s eeve surrounding the top of the tube and capable of an upand-down movement thereon, and a receptacle for disks which delivers them onto the edge of the hopper.

3. In a machine for piling disks, the combination of a conical hopper, a feed ho per adapted to feed disks onto the edge 0 the conical hopper, and a spring support for the feed hopper.

4'. In a machine for piling disks, the combination of a conical hopper, a tube extending downward from the apex thereof, and vibratory means for holding and delivering disks successively to the hopper near its ed e.

g HOWARD DOUGLAS HODGE. Witnesses:

A.. NU'I'IING, PERCY Pmmrs.

Specificationof Letters Patent. I Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

Application filed January 9, 1909. 

